WELCOME! Diane Siniard is the coordinator for the North Carolina's War of 1812 Project. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, or suggestions.

These pages are dedicated to the men who fought for North Carolina during the War of 1812.

I hope you enjoy these pages dedicated to our ancestors, and that you will send in some info
of your own to add here, or to the County site where your ancestor(s) lived.

The War of 1812 is one of the forgotten wars of the United States. The war lasted for over two
years, and while it ended much like it started; in stalemate; it was in fact a war that once and
for all confirmed American Independence. The offensive actions of the United States failed in
every attempt to capture Canada. On the other hand, the British army was successfully
stopped when it attempted to capture Baltimore and New Orleans. There were a number of
American naval victories in which American vessels proved themselves superior to similarly
sized British vessels. These victories coming after victories in the Quasi War (an even more
forgotten war) launched American naval traditions.